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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: JW_Halverson on February 28, 2014, 11:17:00 pm

Title: Comfort food
Post by: JW_Halverson on February 28, 2014, 11:17:00 pm
I started with some venison bourguignon left over from the other nite.  Venison cubed and pan fried, onions, mushrooms, and lotsa red wine....slow simmered until the wine reduces to a dark and thick sauce.  This had been reheated twice, so it had really matured into a wonderfully rich and tender dish.  I added some diced cooked potatoes and carrots. 

Then I made up a pastry shell and put it in a wonderful bow made by iowabow:

(http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/JW_Halverson/Cooking/SAM_0171_zps1f2111c0.jpg) (http://s365.photobucket.com/user/JW_Halverson/media/Cooking/SAM_0171_zps1f2111c0.jpg.html)

I scooped the rich stew into the pastry shell:

(http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/JW_Halverson/Cooking/SAM_0172_zps319a6102.jpg) (http://s365.photobucket.com/user/JW_Halverson/media/Cooking/SAM_0172_zps319a6102.jpg.html)

Added some more pastry on top and crudely crimped the edges:

(http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/JW_Halverson/Cooking/SAM_0173_zps6709e783.jpg) (http://s365.photobucket.com/user/JW_Halverson/media/Cooking/SAM_0173_zps6709e783.jpg.html)

The whole match went into the oven for a spell before it came out and was unceremoniously dumped upside down on a plate and served up with a glass of dark ale:
(http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/JW_Halverson/Cooking/SAM_0174_zps23bc8814.jpg) (http://s365.photobucket.com/user/JW_Halverson/media/Cooking/SAM_0174_zps23bc8814.jpg.html)

Mmmmm, I like home made pot pies.
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: Japbow on February 28, 2014, 11:34:11 pm

      (drool)...

      Japbow.
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: Badly Bent on February 28, 2014, 11:38:42 pm
Oh yeah JW that looks goooooood, I'd drop on for dinner if you weren't so far away. Had some venison here last night,
my new marinade is gin, olive oil, rosemary, thyme and pepper.
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: adb on February 28, 2014, 11:46:13 pm
I love meat pie  :-*
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: Pat B on February 28, 2014, 11:50:46 pm
Thrice cooked meat pie. Yummmmmmmmm! 
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: criveraville on March 01, 2014, 12:07:43 am
That looks delicious!!
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: JW_Halverson on March 01, 2014, 12:08:08 am
Cooking is based on Operant Conditioning.  Positive rewards for behaviors you wish repeated.  Do good, receive rewards from the oven!
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: TRACY on March 01, 2014, 07:45:01 am
Reminds me of "pasties" that you can find on the menu in the U.P. They were a type of meat pie turnover deal. Looks delicious JW!
Dang, now you got me craving meat pies from Natchitoches, Louisiana!

Tracy
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: Gsulfridge on March 01, 2014, 08:44:30 am
Oh my.  My stomach just started growling approval.
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: stickbender on March 01, 2014, 09:24:11 am
     I just finished eating, and now I am drooling!  That do look good.  Sort of a pre banquet meal I take it.



                                                                               Wayne
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: IdahoMatt on March 01, 2014, 09:40:36 am
Man that looks great. 
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: mwosborn on March 01, 2014, 12:07:05 pm
I think I could smell it! :o
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: JW_Halverson on March 01, 2014, 12:16:24 pm
Reminds me of "pasties" that you can find on the menu in the U.P. They were a type of meat pie turnover deal. Looks delicious JW!
Dang, now you got me craving meat pies from Natchitoches, Louisiana!

Tracy

There were a lot of "Cousin Jack" Welshmen in the mines around Deadwood, South Dakota.  Consequently, the pastie is famous around here, too.  I not only make the standard with chunks of steak, potato, onion, and turnip, but I also make them stuffed with ham and cheese, or with pastrami, sauerkraut, swiss, and thousand island dressing.  There is also a version of the pastie that is done with bread dough instead of a pastry crust.  It seals the stuffing hermetically and because it bakes everything inside, it can last up to 4 days without refrigeration.   I make those for overnite camping trips and the like.  Very filling, very loaded with protein and lotsa carbs!

Now I am craving a breakfast pastie with scramble eggs, fried taters and onions, cheese, sausage and bacon.

Other than biscuits and gravy ( a thread that lasted a very long time a while back), what do you folks like to do as comfort food?  And as always, POST PICS!
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: KHalverson on March 01, 2014, 12:36:41 pm
 :P
OH MY!
that looks so good.
now I gotta go round up a late breakfast.
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: 4dog on March 01, 2014, 04:01:25 pm
ya had me all the way till ya said mushrooms...then....ya lost me...foul discs!!!    lol
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: Danzn Bar on March 01, 2014, 05:11:29 pm
JW,
Like your choice of bourbon on the counter in the back ground.   :)
DBar
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: bowtarist on March 02, 2014, 10:11:36 am
looks good JW!

Bill, I don;t think JW skimps on his liquor.  ;)

Now to make waffles w/ fresh homemade maple syrup. W some bacon or sausage on the side that is our Sunday comfort food around here. Specially w/ all the ice falling from the sky this morning.

Have a gooder, dp
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: JW_Halverson on March 02, 2014, 06:15:35 pm
JW,
Like your choice of bourbon on the counter in the back ground.   :)
DBar

BWAahahahaha!  That's el cheapo Canadian!  Long ago I read about using vodka in making pie crusts because alcohol will "wet" the flour, but not activate the gluten.  It makes flakier crusts that way.  I had no vodka in the house, so I sacrificed some cheap Canadian blend.

Now when it comes to scotch, there is NO scrimping!
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: silverfox on March 02, 2014, 11:57:44 pm
That looks really really good
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: Pappy on March 03, 2014, 07:07:00 am
Now that looks tasty. :)
 Pappy
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on March 03, 2014, 02:47:10 pm
Looks great Jdub, but who gave you the venison.....;)
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: JW_Halverson on March 03, 2014, 09:53:01 pm
Looks great Jdub, but who gave you the venison.....;)

The ven was courtesy of "Perty Girl"...my sweet flintlock.  She loves me, I love her.
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: Ink on March 03, 2014, 10:21:01 pm
I saw that picture of the finished product and my mouth is still salivating.
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on March 04, 2014, 08:31:15 am
Looks great Jdub, but who gave you the venison.....;)

The ven was courtesy of "Perty Girl"...my sweet flintlock.  She loves me, I love her.

Ive seen her around.....ohhhh if I wasn't married.....
Title: Re: Comfort food
Post by: toomanyknots on March 04, 2014, 01:14:27 pm
Thank you JW, now I know what operant conditioning is, I always learn stuff on this forum!